Today’s issues are gay rights and marriage equity. As I have asked in most every post about gay
rights and marriage equality, where is the harm?
Government is tasked to protect its citizens. That means making murder, stealing, assault
and other actions like them illegal. All
those listed as well as many more not listed and the variants of each, hurt
people in some way. It can’t be shown in
any way how being gay hurts anyone.
To make it illegal for a same sex couple to get married is
placing their action in the same category as those that commit one of the other
crimes listed above. There is absolutely
no rationalization for it.
Governor Romney has stated very clearly that he will not
support gay marriage. Members of the
party he belongs to have tried for many years to pass a constitutional
amendment that would prevent states from enacting laws that would permit
marriage equity. The party also, in the
house and the senate teamed with a republican president, passed the Defense of
Marriage Act (odd name for legislation that restricted marriage instead of
expanding the rights of marriage to more citizens). The courts have struck down the act, but
those in supported of the act are fighting it to keep on the books. It is believed that Romney working with his
party would set back the quest for gay rights and marriage equity many years.
Obama on the other hand has come out in support of gay
rights and supports marriage equity, although he said he would leave it to the
states. When the Defense of Marriage Act
was declared unconstitutional by the courts, he refused to defend it, an action
that let the court’s decision stand. The
house, controlled by Republicans, is now taken up arms in defense of the
act.
For gay rights and
marriage equity, Obama receives the Responsible Community’s support.
